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"Clinicians…would learn EMDR, but they didn't know how to necessarily do it…there was a need for the how. So the EMDR is the what you do, and the MI is the how you do it."
Expert Trainer Larisa Traga joins host Ali Hall to explore Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) and how it blends with other evidence-based practices like Motivational Interviewing (MI).
This episode concludes our podcast's latest season. We will be taking a short summer hiatus and will return in the fall with new episodes. Thank you for listening!
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Learn More:
- Larisa Traga, LCSW, CCDS, MAC; Empower TCT, LinkedIn, Instagram
- Ali Hall; website, MINT profile
- Motivational Interviewing: resources from the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT)
- What is EMDR? Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing
- EMDR International Association (EMDRIA)
- EMDR Training and Education | EMDRIA
- Roy Kiessling EMDR Consulting
- Adaptive Information Processing (AIP) Model
- PACE, the Spirit of MI: Partnership, Acceptance, Compassion, and Evocation
- OARS, the core skills of MI: Open Ended Questions, Affirmations, Reflections and Summaries
- Ask-Offer-Ask (AOA)
- More podcast episodes on Motivational Interviewing
- Motivational Interviewing: training opportunities and resources from C4 Innovations
Access a transcript of Motivational Interviewing: Larisa Traga Listen to other episodes in the "Motivational Interviewing" series.
"Relationships are complicated. Everybody is surviving. Everybody's trying to figure it out. My thought is if we can't figure it out in our space, how are we going to expect the community to figure it out? We have to dive into some really difficult things and do it through the lens of who we are and where we came from." Innovator Cherene Allen-Caraco considers her experiences and the challenges building peer support services in North Carolina in her live conversation with host Ashley Stewart. Visit c4innovates.com, subscribe to receive newsletter and training updates, and follow us on LinkedIn and YouTube for more resources to grow your impact. Learn More: * Cherene Caraco Joins C4 Innovations * Promise Resource Network (PRN) * Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) * PRN Peer Respite: Retreat @ The Plaza * Emerald School of Excellence, a recovery high school * Association of Recovery Schools * CROWN Act * Laura Van Tosh LinkedIn * Learning from Recovery Elders: Laura Van Tosh * Abolition vs Reform for Public Health * Abstinence-based Treatment * Twelve-Step Facilitation * Harm Reduction * Jessi Davis
Access a transcript for Building Peer Support Services: Cherene Allen-Caraco
"Most importantly, elevate lived experience. Policy is most effective when it's shaped by the people directly impacted. Remember Faces who are visible, Voices, who are vocal prove recovery is valuable."
Recovery advocate Maryanne Frangules and host Livia Davis delve deep into the history of the Recovery Movement in Massachusetts, from her recovery journey in the 1970's to the founding of the Massachusetts Organization for Addiction Recovery (MOAR) in 1991 to her newest role as Recovery Historian highlighting the giants on whose shoulders we stand.
This episode is part of a series where we share the wisdom amassed by recovery leaders over the past 5 decades and reflect on the journeys that have laid groundwork for today's recovery movement.
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Show Notes:
"A 'mythical' voice for recovery community reflects on career ahead of retirement" | Boston Globe 2024
Massachusetts Organization for Addiction Recovery (MOAR)
MOAR | Our History and Milestones
MOAR | Who We Are
Massachusetts Association of Alcoholism and Drug Addiction Counselors (MAADAC)
Leroy L. Kelly (1941-2016) Obituary
William L. White
Slaying the Dragon: The History of Addiction Treatment and Recovery in America | William L. White 2014
Massachusetts Bureau of Substance Addiction Services (BSAS)
Bay State Community Services
Faces and Voices of Recovery (FAVOR)
National Recovery Month
Mental Health Peer Support Workforce Designline | Jessica Wolf, PhD
Access a transcript of Learning from Recovery Elders: Maryanne Frangules
Thank you for listening to this important conversation honoring the history and voices of the recovery movement. Check out more episodes in the "Learning from Recovery Elders" series!
"The core idea is the growing itself of food and working with the animals. It's there on a farm, it's building connection, it's building skills. It's empowering people, providing oftentimes a real dignity of work in ways that other more traditional services sometimes don't."
Host Livia Davis chats with Andrea Barnhart and Kate Mudge, the co-directors of the Care Farming Network, about the potential for farms as community anchors nurtured by social purpose.
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Learn More:
- Møldrup Farm
- Care Farming Network (CFN)
- CFN Directory
- CFN Resource Library
- CFN Events
- Red Wiggler Care Farm
- GAAMHA, Shawn P. Hayden
- University of Rochester Medicine: What is an IDD?
- Person-Centered Strategies at C4 Innovations
Access a transcript of Care Farming: Andrea Barnhart & Kate Mudge
"There are people that have created those pathways for themselves. We have national leadership now. That national leadership may not have occurred if it were not for the local programs that were funded…10 years earlier." Long-time mental health peer activist Laura Van Tosh and host Livia Davis discuss the history of peer-run programs, the development of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and her hopes for the future of the recovery movement.
This episode is part of a series where we share the wisdom amassed by recovery leaders over the past 5 decades and reflect on the journeys that have laid groundwork for today's recovery movement.
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Learn More:
- Laura Van Tosh: LinkedIn
- Laura Van Tosh: The Life of a Psychiatric Survivor Activist | Mad In America
- Consumer/Survivor-Operated Self-Help Programs: A Technical Report, A Retrospective Review of the Mental Health Consumer/Survivor Movement and 13 Federally Funded Consumer/Survivor-Operated Service Programs in the 1980s
- Consumer Operated Service Program (COSP): A Multisite Research Initiative | Boston University's Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation
- National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
- National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)
- State Mental Health Planning Council
- Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness (PAIMI)
- Protection and Advocacy (P&A) Programs Overview | National Disability Rights Network (NDRN)
- Mental Health: A Report of the Surgeon General (1999)
- Howard H. Goldman
- Obituary for Larry Fricks (June 13, 1950 — August 3, 2025)
- Maryland Office of Consumer Affairs
- National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors (NASMHPD)
- Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute
- BRSS TACS (Bringing Recovery Supports to Scale Technical Assistance Center Strategy)
- Video: October 2024 Mental Health Policy Roundtable "From the ADA to the Ballot Box"
- Video: February 2025 Mental Health Policy Roundtable "No Research About Us Without Us"
- Video: April 2024 Mental Health Policy Roundtable "Pathways to Wellness: America's Youth and Behavioral Healthcare"
- Video: July 2024 Mental Health Policy Roundtable "Navigating Deinstitutionalization: Past, Present, and Future"
Access a transcript of Learning from Recovery Elders: Laura Van Tosh Thank you for listening to this important conversation honoring the history and voices of the recovery movement. Check out more episodes in the "Learning from Recovery Elders" series!
"I love those chapters that are about genuineness, hope and empowerment. Those were just so beautiful to approach in terms of how to have such goodwill towards those we serve." Host Ali Hall and co-author Kristin Dempsey discuss their book Advancing Motivational Interviewing: An Experiential Skills Guide for Mental Health Providers.
- Kristin Dempsey; website, MI Trainings
- Ali Hall; website, MINT profile
- Advancing Motivational Interviewing: An Experiential Skills Guide for Mental Health Providers by Kristin Dempsey and Ali Hall
- William "Bill" Miller
- More podcast episodes on Motivational Interviewing
- Motivational Interviewing: training opportunities and resources from C4 Innovations
- Motivational Interviewing: resources from the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT)
- PESI Trainings from Ali & Kristin
Access a transcript of Motivational Interviewing 29: Kristin Dempsey
Listen to other episodes in the "Motivational Interviewing" series.
"People like Howie the Harp and Sally Zinman... laid that fertile soil for those of us that have come after them, for us to really grow". Attorney and rights advocate LaVerne Miller joins host Livia Davis to discuss her experiences in the recovery movement, the lessons she has learned, and her hopes for the future of the movement. This episode is part of a series where we share the wisdom amassed by recovery leaders over the past 5 decades and reflect on the journeys that have laid groundwork for today's recovery movement.
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Learn More:
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Howie the Harp
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What Are the 4Cs of Mentorship: A Comprehensive Guide
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Cultural Humility (complete)
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Project Liberty Peer Support Initiative
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What is Servant Leadership?
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How to Build Partnerships with Community Organizations - Visible Network Labs
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Creating and Maintaining Coalitions and Partnerships | Community Tool Box
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Helen "Skip" Skipper
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Brandee Izquierdo
- Sally Zinman Papers
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Highlighting Women Leaders of Color: LaVerne Miller
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Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
- Changing the Conversation: Next Generation Recovery Leaders
Access a transcript of Learning from Recovery Elders: LaVerne Miller Thank you for listening to this important conversation honoring the history and voices of the recovery movement. Check out more episodes in the "Learning fromRecovery Elders" series!
"Data is qualitative. Data is conversations...Data is lived experience." Policy advocate Tymber Hudson drops knowledge on the world of policy, how young people can become involved and how to avoid burnout as a person with lived experience in this conversation with host Rowan Willis-Gorman. This episode is part of a series featuring youth peer workers and recovery innovators discussing how to improve and uplift behavioral health systems for youth. Visit c4innovates.com, subscribe to receive newsletter and training updates, and follow us on LinkedIn and YouTube for more resources to grow your impact.
Show Notes: Tymber Hudson LinkedIn National Foster Youth Institute (NFYI) NFYI Congressional Leadership Academy & Shadow Day Youth MOVE National Mayor Karen Bass Maryland State Council on Child Abuse and Neglect Find and Contact Your Elected Officials On Our Own of Maryland, Inc. (OOOMD) Access a transcript of Next Generation Recovery Leaders: Tymber Hudson
How are Motivational Interviewing (MI) and Peer Support so well aligned? Peer advocate Kris Kelly and host Ali Hall consider the foundational components of autonomy, empathy, and more in this episode!
Learn More:
- Kris Kelly; MINT Profile
- Great Lakes ATTC
- Upcoming Trainings
- Products and Resources Catalog
- Laura Saunders: MINT profile
- The Center for Health Enhancement Systems Studies (CHESS) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT)
- Ali Hall; website, MINT profile
- More podcast episodes on Motivational Interviewing
- Motivational Interviewing: training opportunities and resources from C4 Innovations
- Motivational Interviewing: resources from the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT)
- Access a transcript of Motivational Interviewing 28: Kris Kelly
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What does healing look like from different perspectives, ways of knowing, and approaches? Indigenous elder Shannon CrossBear discusses her wellness journey and the lessons she has learned along the way with host Livia Davis. This episode is part of a series where we share the wisdom amassed by recovery leaders over the past 5 decades and reflect on the journeys that have laid groundwork for today's recovery movement. Visit c4innovates.com, subscribe to receive newsletter and training updates, and follow us on LinkedIn and YouTube for more resources to grow your impact.
Learn More Shannon CrossBear Strong Heart Resource Development National Indian Child Welfare Association National Federation of Families National Child Traumatic Stress Network Surgeon Generals Conference on Children's Mental Health Access a transcript of Learning from Recovery Elders: Shannon CrossBear Thank you for listening to this important conversation honoring the history and voices of the recovery movement. Check out more episodes in the "Learning fromRecovery Elders" series!
"We have more power very often than we give ourselves credit for. And we have to keep ourselves educated on our options. Knowing our options also helps us with the ebbs and flows." Laurie Johnson-Wade shares her experiences starting and running a recovery community organization in Pennsylvania with host Livia Davis. This episode is part of a series where we share the wisdom amassed by recovery leaders over the past 5 decades and reflect on the journeys that have laid groundwork for today's recovery movement.
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Learn More: Laurie Johnson-Wade Livia Davis Lost Dreams Awakening, New Kensington, PA Message Carriers of PA Faces and Voices of Recovery (FAVOR) Recovery Café Model Delancey Street Model Pennsylvania Recovery Organization Alliance Email Awakeninglostdreams@gmail.com with questions for Laurie. Access a transcript of Learning from Recovery Elders: Laurie Johnson-Wade Thank you for listening to this important conversation honoring the history and voices of the recovery movement. Check out more episodes in the "Learning fromRecovery Elders" series!
"When the systems fall apart, how do I still show up for other people?... If I have a resource and you have a need, that's good enough to help you. It doesn't have to be justified beyond that." Elliott Hinkle shares their experiences providing community aid to youth with a focus on LGBTQIA2S+ youth with host Rowan Willis-Gorman. This episode is part of a series featuring youth peer workers and recovery innovators discussing how to improve and uplift behavioral health systems for youth.
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Learn More Elliott Hinkle, Unicorn Solutions LLC Casper Pride Youth MOVE Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity During this Crisis (and the Next) by Dean Spade Alok Vaid-Menon Access a transcript of Next Generation Recovery Leaders: Elliott Hinkle
"Recovery is the goal. Here's one way to pursue that goal...really promoting community inclusion, supporting people and having opportunities to live a life that they want to live and supporting them with funding." Mark Salzer shares insights on defining and measuring recovery and promoting meaningful community inclusion with host Livia Davis. This episode is part of a series where we share the wisdom amassed by recovery leaders over the past 5 decades and reflect on the journeys that have laid groundwork for today's recovery movement.
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Learn More Mark Salzer, PhD Building on Recovery: Embracing Community Inclusion in Mental Health Policies and Servicesby Mark Salzer Fighting the Stigma of Mental Illnesswith Patrick Corrigan, PsyD Recovery Assessment Scale-Domains and Stages (RAS-DS) from the University of Sydney Recovery in Serious Mental Illness: A New Wine or Just A New Bottle? by Larry Davidson et al Recovery in the Bin Recovery: The lived experience of rehabilitation by Patricia Deegan Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 Olmstead: Community Integration for Everyone (1999) Presidents New Freedom Commission on Mental Health (2003) Access a transcript of Learning from Recovery Elders: Mark Salzer Thank you for listening to this important conversation honoring the history and voices of the recovery movement. Check out more episodes in the "Learning fromRecovery Elders" series!
"Nobody wants to have a chronic illness and it's hard to acknowledge, but accepting it rather than fighting it and working on moving forward and celebrating the small increments of change...really makes a difference." Judy Fox shares insights on integrating peer recovery support services with host Livia Davis. This episode is part of a series where we share the wisdom amassed by recovery leaders over the past 5 decades and reflect on the journeys that have laid groundwork for today's recovery movement.
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Learn More Judy Fox, JD Rhode Island Department of Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities & Hospitals Access a transcript of Learning from Recovery Elders: Judy Fox Thank you for listening to this important conversation honoring the history and voices of the recovery movement. Check out more episodes in the "Learning fromRecovery Elders" series!
"Family peer support is the critical piece that cannot be missing... this is a family, this is a family in need, and this is a family who's going to have to have someone behind them all across the way." Conni Wells shares insights on family and caregiver peer support with host Livia Davis. This episode is part of a series where we share the wisdom amassed by recovery leaders over the past 5 decades and reflect on the journeys that have laid groundwork for today's recovery movement.
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Learn More Mental Health Transformation Alliance: Layla's Hope Access a transcript of Learning from Recovery Elders: Conni Wells Thank you for listening to this important conversation honoring the history and voices of the recovery movement. Check out more episodes in the "Learning fromRecovery Elders" series!
"I hope that we can all get better at really authentic conversation and dialogue to build that trust so that there can be more investment in the youth peer movement to move forward." Johanna Bergan and Gina Albano discuss the history and current status of youth peer support with host Rowan Willis-Gorman. This episode is part of a series featuring youth peer workers and recovery innovators discussing how to improve and uplift behavioral health systems for youth. Visit c4innovates.com, subscribe to receive newsletter and training updates, and follow us on LinkedIn and YouTube for more resources to grow your impact.
Learn More Johanna Bergan UConn School of Social Work Innovations Institute Gina Albano Youth Wellness Coaches at C4 Innovations Rowan Willis-Gorman
Catch up on part 1 of this conversation!
Listen to other episodes in the Next Generation Recovery Leaders series.
Access a transcript of Next Generation Recovery Leaders: Johanna Bergan and Gina Albano Part 2
"Developing a focus on youth peer roles opened up a whole pathway to youth advocates to find purpose and energy in this space." Johanna Bergan and Gina Albano discuss the history and current status of youth peer support with host Rowan Willis-Gorman. This episode is part of a series featuring youth peer workers and recovery innovators discussing how to improve and uplift behavioral health systems for youth.
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Learn More Johanna Bergan UConn School of Social Work Innovations Institute Youth MOVE National Gina Albano Youth Wellness Coaches at C4 Innovations Rowan Willis-Gorman Stay tuned for part 2 of this conversation with Johanna Bergan and Gina Albano coming soon on November 17!
Listen to other episodes in the Next Generation Recovery Leaders series.
Access a transcript of Next Generation Recovery Leaders: Johanna Bergan and Gina Albano
Fred Way and Katie Boardman discuss starting new recovery residences with host Ashley Stewart.
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Learn More Fred Way, Pennsylvania Alliance of Recovery Residences National Alliance for Recovery Residences MN Association of Sober Homes Access a transcript of Starting a Recovery Residence
John Dellick and host Rowan Willis-Gorman share what it is like to find the path from youth advocate to advocate for youth. This episode is part of a series featuring youth peer workers and recovery innovators discussing how to improve and uplift behavioral health systems for youth. Visit c4innovates.com, subscribe to receive newsletter and training updates, and follow us on LinkedIn and YouTube for more resources to grow your impact.
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Learn More Hear more from John Dellick Rowan Willis-Gorman The Resiliency Network Youth Move National On Our Own of Maryland Ohio: Become a Certified Youth Peer Supporter Youth Wellness Coaches at C4 Innovations
Project Amp: leveraging the unique power of near-age youth peer mentors to implement a youth-focused, strengths-based, and non-punitive prevention and early intervention
Youth Peer Support (podcast episode)
Youth-Centered Harm Reduction (podcast episode)
Restorative Practices in Schools (podcast episode)
Access a transcript of Next Generation Recovery Leaders: John Dellick
Natalia Muñoz and Ash Wheeler share insights about youth peer support and mentorship with host Rowan Willis-Gorman. Mentorship is ingrained in most peer spaces, but is uniquely important in youth and near-age peer support, existing in the relationships between youth peer workers and the youth they serve and between youth peer workers as they develop their careers and hone their practice. This episode is part of a series featuring youth peer workers and recovery innovators discussing how to improve and uplift behavioral health systems for youth.
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Natalia Muñoz
Ash Wheeler
Rowan Willis-Gorman
Youth Wellness Coaches at C4 Innovations
Project Amp: leveraging the unique power of near-age youth peer mentors to implement a youth-focused, strengths-based, and non-punitive prevention and early intervention
Youth Peer Support (podcast episode)
Youth-Centered Harm Reduction (podcast episode)
Restorative Practices in Schools (podcast episode)
Access a transcript of Next Generation Recovery Leaders: Natalia Muñoz & Ash Wheeler
Bill Stauffer shares insights on recovery movement history and how current leaders can come together with host Livia Davis. This episode is part of a series where we share the wisdom amassed by recovery leaders over the past 5 decades and reflect on the journeys that have laid groundwork for today’s recovery movement.
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Bill Stauffer: bio, Wanderings: a recovery blog
PA Recovery Organizations Alliance (PRO.A)
The Arc of Recovery Movement History Ultimately Bends Towards Expansion by William Stauffer & Dr. David Best
William White Papers from Lighthouse Institute at Chestnut Health Systems
Access a transcript of Learning from Recovery Elders: Bill Stauffer
Thank you for listening to this important conversation honoring the history and voices of the recovery movement. Check out more episodes in the “Learning fromRecovery Elders" series!
Harvey Rosenthal shares his perspectives about the rights of people in mental health recovery and the power of peer support with host Livia Davis. This episode is part of a series where we share the wisdom amassed by recovery leaders over the past 5 decades and reflect on the journeys that have laid groundwork for today’s recovery movement.
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Learn More Harvey RosenthalAlliance for Rights and Recovery In Honor and Memory of Ed Knight by Harvey Rosenthal Access a transcript of Learning from Recovery Elders: Harvey Rosenthal Thank you for listening to this important conversation honoring the history and voices of the recovery movement. Check out more episodes in the “Learning fromRecovery Elders" series!
Lonnetta Albright shares insights about the recovery movement and peer support with host Livia Davis. This episode is second in a series where we share the wisdom amassed by recovery leaders over the past 5 decades and reflect on the journeys that have laid groundwork for today’s recovery movement. Join us for future episodes!
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Lonnetta Albright, Forward Movement Inc.
Access a transcript of Learning from Recovery Elders: Lonnetta Albright
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Mark Jenkins shares his insights and experiences providing harm reduction services in Connecticut with host Livia Davis. This episode is first in a series where we share the wisdom amassed by recovery leaders over the past 5 decades and reflect on the journeys that have laid groundwork for today’s recovery movement. Join us for future episodes!
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Connecticut Harm Reduction Alliance
Learn more about Mark Jenkins and his work Chicago Recovery Alliance
Principles of Harm Reduction from the National Harm Reduction Coalition
Access a transcript of Learning From Recovery Elders: Mark Jenkins
Thank you for listening to this important conversation honoring the history and voices of the recovery movement. Stay tuned for more episodes in the “Learning from Recovery Elders" series!
Keon Lewis and host Dwayne Watkins continue to discuss empowering Black men to be strong leaders while being mindful of challenges and strengthening mental health.
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The Invisible Ache by Courtney B. Vance & Dr. Robin L. Smith
Developing Executive Leaders in Public Health from ASTHO and the Satcher Health Leadership Institute (SHLI) at Morehouse School of Medicine
Stories written by Keon Lewis for American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
Listen to Empowering Black Men in Leadership Part 1
Access a transcript of Empowering Black Men in Leadership Part 2
Keon Lewis and host Dwayne Watkins discuss empowering Black men to be strong leaders while being mindful of challenges and strengthening mental health.
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Stories written by Keon Lewis for American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
The Invisible Ache
Listen to Empowering Black Men in Leadership Part 2
Listen to a transcript of Empowering Black Men in Leadership Part 1
Roni Hodges and host Ashley Stewart discuss non-negotiable strategies for navigating wellness with joy and purpose in 2025 and beyond.
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Listen to other episodes in our Mental Health playlist.
Gilan Merwanji shares how Motivational Interviewing supports holistic defense services for clients involved in the criminal justice system with host Ali Hall.
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Gilan Merwanji: Harris County Office of Managed Assigned Counsel
Ali Hall: website, MINT profile
Motivational Interviewing: Facilitating Change: online course with Ali Hall and Ken Kraybill starts March 28
More podcast episodes on Motivational Interviewing
Motivational Interviewing: training opportunities and resources from C4 Innovations
Motivational Interviewing: resources from the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT)
Access a transcript of Motivational Interviewing 27: Gilan Merwanji
Nuasheen Chowdhury and Rowan Willis-Powell discuss youth-centered harm reduction strategies with host Ashley Stewart.
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Nuasheen Chowdhury
Rowan Willis-Powell
Ashley Stewart
Harm Reduction at C4 Innovations
Youth Wellness Coaches
Project Amp
MASBIRT TTA
988 Lifeline: call, text, or chat
Smoke Free app
Access a transcript of Youth-Centered Harm Reduction
Karran Larson shares strategies for increasing accessibility and creating welcoming recovery services for people who are deaf and hard of hearing with host Ashley Stewart.
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Karran Larson, Statewide Coordinator of Substance Use and Recovery Services for Deaf/Hard of Hearing/DeafBlind, MA Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
ASL interpretation provided by Communication Plus + Interpreter Services, Inc.
Recovery Support Meetings with ASL or CART
Ashley Stewart
Access a transcript of Making Recovery Services Accessible for Deaf and Hard of Hearing
View this episode with ASL interpretation on YouTube
Gina Albano and Kiya Kennebrew share strategies for supporting students thru restorative practices with host Dwayne Watkins.
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Gina Albano
Kiya Kennebrew
Youth Well-Being at C4 Innovations
Youth Wellness Coaches at C4 Innovations
Project Amp
Three core elements of restorative justice by the Restorative Justice Exchange
Access a transcript of Restorative Practices in Schools
Ashley Stewart shares how she developed and uses the Authentic Change Framework to support individual, community, organizational, and systems change with host Dwayne Watkins.
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Ashley Stewart
Dwayne Watkins
Equity Initiatives at C4 Innovations
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Ashley Stewart shares what it means to lead with an equity first approach with host Livia Davis.
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Ashley Stewart
Livia Davis
Equity Initiatives at C4 Innovations
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Access a transcript of Equity First (forthcoming)
Roni Hodges and Ashley Stewart share why discussing diversity, equity, and inclusion is critically important with host Dwayne Watkins.
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Roni Hodges
Ashley Stewart
Dwayne Watkins
ARC4Justice: Anti-Racism Center for Justice and Transformative Change
Why White Women Won DEI by Aparna Rae
Access a transcript of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (coming soon)
Jess Sneed and host Ali Hall discuss how Motivational Interviewing strategies are the same and different in online and chat-based settings compared to in-person interactions.
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Jess Sneed (coming soon)
Ali Hall: website, MINT profile
More podcast episodes on Motivational Interviewing
Motivational Interviewing: training opportunities and resources from C4 Innovations
Motivational Interviewing: resources from the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT)
Access a transcript of Motivational Interviewing 26: Jess Sneed (coming soon)
Rio-Madison Aracri and Katie Kobie share strategies to support mindfulness and wellness with host Dwayne Watkins.
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Rio-Madison Aracri
Katie Kobie
Dwayne Watkins
YourSkinsGym: a podcast by Rio-Madison Aracri
Inside Out 2
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Maryanne Frangules and Noel Sierra discuss the advantages to sharing the voices of people with lived/living experience with host Ashley Stewart. This episode is sponsored by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health Bureau of Substance Addiction Services (BSAS).
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Maryanne Frangules
Noel Sierra
Massachusetts Organization for Addiction Recovery (MOAR)
Recovery Education Collaborative (REC)
Bureau of Substance Addiction Services (BSAS)
Bay State Community Services
Torchlight Recovery
MOAR: Massachusetts Organization for Addiction Recovery
Substance Use and Mental Health Recovery Supports at C4 Innovations
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Dwayne Watkins and host Ashley Stewart share self-care perspectives and strategies for when your identity overlaps with your work and passions. This episode originally released on March 25, 2024.
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Reclaiming Self-care: Self-care as a Social Justice Tool for Black Wellness
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Ronitia Hodges and Ashley Stewart share ways to celebrate your accomplishments and the progress of others and discuss why it is important. This episode originally released on October 10, 2023.
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Daisy Hernandez shares experiences with the intersections of corrections, reentry, and recovery, including traumas before and after incarceration with host Ashley Stewart. This episode is dedicated to Gloria E. Resto, Daisy’s grandmother.
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Massachusetts Inmate Reentry Programs
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How Portugal Successfully Tackled Its Drug Crisis (video)
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Tiffinee Scott shares strategies for supporting families navigating recovery with host Ashley Stewart.
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Ashley Stewart
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Rowan Willis-Powell and host Ashley Stewart discuss the role and importance of youth peer support.
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Youth Advocate to Advocate for Youth: The Next Transition-An Overview of the Seven Stages from Youth MOVE National
Project Amp: youth-driven substance use prevention and early intervention from C4 Innovations
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Michelle Simons and Jim Higgins discuss the benefits of peer support with host Ashley Stewart. This episode is sponsored by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health Bureau of Substance Addiction Services (BSAS).
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Bay State Community Services
Torchlight Recovery
MOAR: Massachusetts Organization for Addiction Recovery
Substance Use and Mental Health Recovery Supports at C4 Innovations
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Minister Randy Muhammad and Brother Jeffrey Lewis discuss supporting recovery for Black, Indigenous, and other people of color (BIPOC) including peer support and community engagement strategies with host Ashley Stewart. This episode is sponsored by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health Bureau of Substance Addiction Services (BSAS).
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Recovery Oriented Systems of Care (ROSC) Resource Guide
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Keon Lewis and Ashley Stewart discuss the importance of addressing suicide prevention strategies and resources in the workplace. Trigger Warning.
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American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
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988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline
Mental Health America
National Alliance on Mental Illness
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Brother Jeffrey Lewis and Jill O’Brien share strategies for training the Massachusetts substance use peer support workforce with host Ashley Stewart. This episode is sponsored by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health Bureau of Substance Addiction Services (BSAS).
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Emily Abell and host Ashley Stewart discuss benefits and challenges of Global Leasing, a three-way leasing strategy for tenants, property owners, and organizations. Sponsored by the Washington State Health Care Authority.
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Housing Solutions at C4 Innovations
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The Washington State Health Care Authority uses the term global leasing rather than master leasing, as the word “master” reflects a power differential between groups and has a violent connotation for many Black, Indigenous, and people of color communities.
Dwayne Watkins and host Ashley Stewart share self-care perspectives and strategies for when your identity overlaps with your work and passions.
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Hosts Joey Rodriguez and Lola Nedic discuss culturally responsive strategies and the future of culturally responsive care. This episode is sponsored by the New England Mental Health Technology Transfer Center Network (MHTTC).
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Cultural Formulation Interview from the APA
Power Threat Meaning Framework: An approach to understanding mental distress CBT
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Early Psychosis Resources from New England MHTTC
Providing Culturally Responsive Care and Addressing Cross-Cultural Barriers in Early Psychosis series from New England MHTTC
Providing Culturally Responsive Care & Addressing Cross Cultural Barriers in Early Psychosis clinical brief from New England MHTTC
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The Basics of Coordinated Specialty Care for Early Psychosis brief from New England MHTTC
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Kristin Dempsey and host Ali Hall discuss harm reduction strategies in a Motivational Interviewing context.
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Dwayne Watkins discusses strengths and challenges of growing up in a rural North Carolina community with host Ashley Stewart.
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Raúl Condemarín shares culturally responsive strategies that he uses as a psychiatrist with host Lola Nedic. This episode is sponsored by the New England Mental Health Technology Transfer Center Network (MHTTC).
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Raúl Condemarín bio (scroll down)
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Keon Lewis shares strategies for planning and executing a regional summit with host Ashley Stewart.
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Cabarrus Public Health Interest
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The Bridge Builder by Will Allen Dromgoole
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Equity at C4 Innovations
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Amanda Weber and host Joey Rodriguez discuss culturally responsive care for youth experiencing early psychosis. This episode is sponsored by the New England Mental Health Technology Transfer Center Network (MHTTC).
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CEDAR Clinic
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Providing Culturally Responsive Care and Addressing Cross-Cultural Barriers in Early Psychosis series from New England MHTTC
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Jacinta Hunt and Erica King discuss how Motivational Interviewing strategies can help support people who are and have been incarcerated.
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Chia Hsuan Sabrina Chang and host Lola Nedic discuss culturally responsive care and strategies for clinicians. This episode is sponsored by the New England Mental Health Technology Transfer Center Network (MHTTC).
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Providing Culturally Responsive Care and Addressing Cross-Cultural Barriers in Early Psychosis series from New England MHTTC
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Vera Muñiz-Saurré and host Joey Rodriguez discuss experiences with culturally responsive care in early psychosis and strategies for providers. This episode is sponsored by the New England Mental Health Technology Transfer Center Network (MHTTC).
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Tucker Barker shares information on providing gender affirming care with host Ashley Stewart.
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Get the Facts on Gender-Affirming Care from the Human Rights Campaign
LocALL, Legislative Organizing Coalition for All LGBTQ+ Louisianans
House of Tulip
TIDAL (Trans Inclusive Development Advocacy and Learning) NOLA
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Imagine Water Works
Trystereo: New Orleans Harm Reduction Network
T.Q.Y. (Trans Queer Youth) New Orleans
LOUD! Queer Youth Theater
BreakOUT!
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Jonathan Edwards and host Ashley Stewart discuss intersectionality in the context of the peer support workforce. This episode is sponsored by the New England Mental Health Technology Transfer Center Network (MHTTC). This episode originally released on April 10, 2023.
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What It Takes: Wisdom of Peer Support Specialists and Supervisors
National Association of Peer Supporters
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Ronitia Hodges and Ashley Stewart share ways to celebrate your accomplishments and the progress of others and discuss why it is important. Visit c4innovates.com, subscribe to receive newsletter and training updates, and follow us on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and YouTube for more resources to grow your impact.
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Atomic Habits: Tiny Changes Remarkable Results by James Clear
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Georgios Tsangaris and host Ashley Stewart discuss harm reduction strategies that meet people where they are at.
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Dan Bigg, in his own words, a brief history (32:20 video)
Trystereo: New Orleans Harm Reduction Network
New Orleans Syringe Access Program
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Makeba Boykins and Ashley Stewart discuss racial trauma and the compounding impact of chronic stress on people and programs. This episode originally released on September 19, 2022.
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The work of Chester Pierce
Trauma-Informed Supervision: Centering Equity: online course starts October 20, 2022
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Daisy Hernandez shares strategies for supervising peer support workers and recovery coaches by meeting people where they are with host Steven Samra. This episode originally released on September 5, 2022.
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Steven Samra
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Ken Kraybill and host Ashley Stewart discuss experiences with trauma-informed supervision and needs of supervisors. This episode originally released February 20, 20223.
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The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk
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My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies by by Resmaa Menakem
Dr. Joy DeGruy
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Ken Kraybill and host Ashley Stewart discuss trauma-informed supervision. This episode originally released February 6, 2023.
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Ashley Stewart
The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness & Healing in a Toxic Culture by Gabor Maté with Daniel Maté
How Employees’ Strengths Make Your Company Stronger: Gallup
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Ronitia Hodges and Ashley Stewart discuss the importance and benefits of fostering an authentic and inclusive environment in the workplace. This episode is sponsored by the New England Mental Health Technology Transfer Center Network (MHTTC).
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Aaron Johnson and host Ashley Stewart discuss healing touch for Black men.
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CUT (Chronically UnderTouched) Project
Holistic Resistance
Ashley Stewart: bio
The Healing Power of Touch May Be the Missing Link from The Well
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Dina Coughlan shares her experience as a mental health advocate with host Ashley Stewart, and they discuss how to support mental wellness in the workplace. This episode is sponsored by the New England Mental Health Technology Transfer Center Network (MHTTC).
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Kathlynn Northrup-Snyder and host Ali Hall discuss addressing burnout with Motivational Interviewing.
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Ali Hall: website, MINT profile
Burn-out an “occupational phenomenon” by the World Health Organization
New Surgeon General Advisory Sounds Alarm on Health Worker Burnout and Resignation (May 2022)
Our Epidemic of Loneliness and Isolation
Motivational Interviewing with William R. Miller
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Erica King and host Ali Hall discuss using Motivational Interviewing strategies to support women and nonbinary people in criminal justice systems.
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Ali Hall: website, MINT profile
Incarcerated Women and Girls from The Sentencing Project
Prisoners in 2020-Statistical Tables from US Department of Justice
Women’s Mass Incarceration: The Whole Pie 2019 from Prison Policy Initiative and ACLU Smart Justice
Visualizing the unequal treatment of LGBTQ people in the criminal justice system from Prison Policy Initiative
Research about women who are incarcerated by Gina Fedock, University of Chicago
Coding & Coaching: Using the MITI and MICA Evaluation Tools: live, online course starts June 2, 2023
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Jonathan Edwards and host Ashley Stewart discuss intersectionality in the context of the peer support workforce. This episode is sponsored by the New England Mental Health Technology Transfer Center Network (MHTTC).
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David Scales, Tyrel Starks, and host Ali Hall discuss using Motivational Interviewing strategies to address misinformation and promote healthy behaviors.
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A postpartum vaccination promotion intervention using motivational interviewing techniques improves short-term vaccine coverage
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Julia Mullins and host Steven Samra discuss the impact of the culture of addiction on recovery from substance use.
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TIP 59: Improving Cultural Competence-A Treatment Improvement Protocol by SAMHSA
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Medication-Assisted Treatment/Medication-Assisted Recovery by C4 Innovations
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Ken Kraybill and host Ashley Stewart discuss experiences with trauma-informed supervision and needs of supervisors.
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Tyrel Starks and host Ali Hall discuss using Motivational Interviewing strategies with couples.
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Motivational Interviewing with Couples by Tyrel Starks
Relationship Health Research Team at Hunter College
Motivational Interviewing in Groups by Christopher Wagner and Karen Ingersoll
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Kristin Dempsey and host Ali Hall continue the discussion about macro Motivational Interviewing and share ways to address systemic and structural issues as well as individual issues when supporting change.
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Association for Contextual Behavioral Science - Home of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
Greater Good Science Center. Top Ten Insights from “The Science of a Meaningful Life in 2022”
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Ashley Stewart and Makeba Boykins share experiences with and insights on identifying and reacting to intersectionality, power, and privilege in groups and communities.
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“Race, Gender, Inequality and Intersectionality" with Kimberlé Crenshaw
“Black Feminist Thought” with Patricia Hill Collins
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Macro MI: Using Motivational Interviewing to Address Socially-engineered Trauma by David Avruch and Wendy Shaia
Internal Family Systems Therapy by Richard Schwartz and Martha Sweezy
The effect of housing and gender on preference for morphine-sucrose solutions in rats by Patricia Hadaway, Bruce Alexander, Robert Coambs & Barry Beyerstein
Access a transcript of Motivational Interviewing 18: David Avruch (coming soon)
Dylan Dunn shares experiences navigating changes to policies and laws to prevent fatal overdoses and support health and recovery on college campuses with host Ashley Stewart.
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Ashley Stewart
Dylan Dunn, SAFE Project
Substance Use Prevention and Early Intervention
Project Amp: youth driven substance use prevention and early intervention
Access a transcript of Preventing Overdose and Supporting Recovery in Higher Education (coming soon)
Cheryl Gagne and Steven Samra share tips and strategies for peer support workers in crisis services.
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- Peer Support Workforce: Status and Future—podcast episode with Cheryl Gagne and Steven Samra (20:35 minutes)
- Providing Peer Support in Crisis Services—webinar recording hosted by Cheryl Gagne (61:39 minutes)
- Peer Support and Recovery from Mental Illness and Substance Use Disorders—video (6:33 minutes)
- Core Competencies for Peer Workers in Behavioral Health Services—prepared by C4 staff with funding from SAMHSA's Bringing Recovery Supports to Scale Technical Assistance Center Strategy (BRSS TACS) project
- Value of Peers—prepared by C4 staff with funding from SAMHSA's Bringing Recovery Supports to Scale Technical Assistance Center Strategy (BRSS TACS) project:
- Peer Support, Spanish version: Apoyo entre compañeros
- Family, Parent, and Caregiver Peer Support in Behavioral Health, Spanish version: Apoyo de pares para padres o encargados de niños y jóvenes con problemas de comportamiento
- Peers Supporting Recovery from Mental Health Conditions, Spanish version: Recuperación de problemas de salud mental con el apoyo de campañeros
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Peers Supporting Recovery from Substance Use Disorders, Spanish version: Recuperación de trastornos de consumo de sustancias con el apoyo de pares
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Integrating and Supervising Peer Workers
- Cheryl Gagne
- Steven Samra
- Access a transcript of Peer Support in Crisis Services (coming soon)
Cheryl Gagne and Steven Samra share tips and strategies for peer support workers in crisis services.
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- Peer Support Workforce: Status and Future—podcast episode with Cheryl Gagne and Steven Samra (20:35 minutes)
- Providing Peer Support in Crisis Services—webinar recording hosted by Cheryl Gagne (61:39 minutes)
- Peer Support and Recovery from Mental Illness and Substance Use Disorders—video (6:33 minutes)
- Core Competencies for Peer Workers in Behavioral Health Services—prepared by C4 staff with funding from SAMHSA's Bringing Recovery Supports to Scale Technical Assistance Center Strategy (BRSS TACS) project
- Value of Peers—prepared by C4 staff with funding from SAMHSA's Bringing Recovery Supports to Scale Technical Assistance Center Strategy (BRSS TACS) project:
- Peer Support, Spanish version: Apoyo entre compañeros
- Family, Parent, and Caregiver Peer Support in Behavioral Health, Spanish version: Apoyo de pares para padres o encargados de niños y jóvenes con problemas de comportamiento
- Peers Supporting Recovery from Mental Health Conditions, Spanish version: Recuperación de problemas de salud mental con el apoyo de campañeros
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Peers Supporting Recovery from Substance Use Disorders, Spanish version: Recuperación de trastornos de consumo de sustancias con el apoyo de pares
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Integrating and Supervising Peer Workers
- Cheryl Gagne
- Steven Samra
- Access a transcript of Peer Support in Crisis Services (coming soon)
Cheryl Gagne and host Steven Samra share why peer support is important and what peer workers need to provide the best services.
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- Core Competencies for Peer Workers in Behavioral Health Services—prepared by C4 staff with funding from SAMHSA's Bringing Recovery Supports to Scale Technical Assistance Center Strategy (BRSS TACS) project
- Value of Peers—prepared by C4 staff with funding from SAMHSA's Bringing Recovery Supports to Scale Technical Assistance Center Strategy (BRSS TACS) project:
- Peer Support, Spanish version: Apoyo entre compañeros
- Family, Parent, and Caregiver Peer Support in Behavioral Health, Spanish version: Apoyo de pares para padres o encargados de niños y jóvenes con problemas de comportamiento
- Peers Supporting Recovery from Mental Health Conditions, Spanish version: Recuperación de problemas de salud mental con el apoyo de campañeros
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Peers Supporting Recovery from Substance Use Disorders, Spanish version: Recuperación de trastornos de consumo de sustancias con el apoyo de pares
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Providing Peer Support in Crisis Services—webinar recording hosted by Cheryl Gagne (61:39 minutes)
- Peer Support and Recovery from Mental Illness and Substance Use Disorders—video (6:33 minutes)
- Integrating and Supervising Peer Workers
- Cheryl Gagne
- Steven Samra
- Access a transcript of Peer Support Workforce: Status and Future (coming soon)
Cheryl Gagne and host Steven Samra share why peer support is important and what peer workers need to provide the best services.
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- Core Competencies for Peer Workers in Behavioral Health Services—prepared by C4 staff with funding from SAMHSA's Bringing Recovery Supports to Scale Technical Assistance Center Strategy (BRSS TACS) project
- Value of Peers—prepared by C4 staff with funding from SAMHSA's Bringing Recovery Supports to Scale Technical Assistance Center Strategy (BRSS TACS) project:
- Peer Support, Spanish version: Apoyo entre compañeros
- Family, Parent, and Caregiver Peer Support in Behavioral Health, Spanish version: Apoyo de pares para padres o encargados de niños y jóvenes con problemas de comportamiento
- Peers Supporting Recovery from Mental Health Conditions, Spanish version: Recuperación de problemas de salud mental con el apoyo de campañeros
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Peers Supporting Recovery from Substance Use Disorders, Spanish version: Recuperación de trastornos de consumo de sustancias con el apoyo de pares
-
Providing Peer Support in Crisis Services—webinar recording hosted by Cheryl Gagne (61:39 minutes)
- Peer Support and Recovery from Mental Illness and Substance Use Disorders—video (6:33 minutes)
- Integrating and Supervising Peer Workers
- Cheryl Gagne
- Steven Samra
- Access a transcript of Peer Support Workforce: Status and Future (coming soon)
Makeba Boykins and Ashley Stewart reflect on practical things to think about when pursuing higher education and preparing to work in social justice organizations.
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Ashley Stewart
Makeba Boykins
Trauma-Informed Supervision: Centering Equity: online course with Ashley Stewart and Makeba Boykins starts October 20, 2022
Kenneth V. Hardy on Multiculturalism and Psychotherapy
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Makeba Boykins and Ashley Stewart reflect on practical things to think about when pursuing higher education and preparing to work in social justice organizations.
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Ashley Stewart
Makeba Boykins
Trauma-Informed Supervision: Centering Equity: online course with Ashley Stewart and Makeba Boykins starts October 20, 2022
Kenneth V. Hardy on Multiculturalism and Psychotherapy
Access a transcript of Working in Social Justice: What it Would Have Been Nice to Know (coming soon)
Makeba Boykins and Ashley Stewart discuss racial trauma and the compounding impact of chronic stress on people and programs.
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The work of Chester Pierce
Trauma-Informed Supervision: Centering Equity: online course starts October 20, 2022
Access a transcript of Addressing Racial Trauma in Programs and Systems
Daisy Hernandez shares strategies for supervising peer support workers and recovery coaches by meeting people where they are with host Steven Samra.
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Daisy Hernandez
Steven Samra
More podcast episodes on peer support
Integrating and Supervising Peer Workers at C4 Innovations
Daisy Hernandez shares strategies for supervising peer support workers and recovery coaches by meeting people where they are with host Steven Samra.
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Daisy Hernandez
Steven Samra
More podcast episodes on peer support
Integrating and Supervising Peer Workers at C4 Innovations
Laurie Johnson-Wade shares about the Ubuntu approach to life as a culture shift for recovery services from separateness and isolation to community and connectivity with host Ashley Stewart. This episode originally released March 7, 2022.
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Laurie Johnson-Wade
Lost Dreams Awakening (LDA)
LDA Ubuntu Recovery Project: A Daily Meditation Guide for Ubuntu Recovery Circles - Call for Submissions
National Museum of African American History and Culture: Community Building
Ashley Stewart
Recovery and Recovery Support from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
The Hidden Wound by Wendell Berry
Access a transcript of Challenging Silos in Recovery Services
Elizabeth Black and host Steven Samra discuss why words matter and the importance of using strengths-based, person-centered, trauma-informed language with people we serve. This episode originally released February 7, 2022.
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Elizabeth Black
Steven Samra
Substance Use and Mental Health Recovery Supports at C4 Innovations
Training and Technical Assistance at C4 Innovations
Access a transcript of Power of the Language We Use with People We Serve
Ken Kraybill and host Steven Samra discuss the importance and impact of whole-person care and how recognizing what is happening to, with, and around an individual supports healing and recovery. This episode originally released January 24, 2022.
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Whole-Person Care for People Experiencing Homelessness and Opioid Use Disorder Toolkit (English and Spanish versions) from HHRC
Whole-Person Care for People Experiencing Homelessness and Opioid Use Disorder—webinar recording from HHRC with Ken Kraybill and Steven Samra
Person-Centered Care and Services: videos on post-traumatic growth and Motivational Interviewing
Identifying and Dismantling Stigma in Recovery Services—live, online course starting February 17, 2022
Providing Trauma-Informed Supervision—live, online course starting March 15, 2022
Motivational Interviewing: Facilitating Change—live, online course starting April 8, 2022
Motivational Interviewing: Advancing Skills—live, online course starting June 3, 2022
Access a transcript of Providing Whole-Person Care
Daryl McGraw and Ashley Stewart discuss ways recovery support services can respond to Black, Brown, and Indigenous People of Color in ways that acknowledge the compounding effects of racism with host Livia Davis. This episode was originally released on October 25, 2021.
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Daryl McGraw
Ashley Stewart Explains How Social Workers Can Work Against Racial Injustice and Toward Social Change from Temple University College of Public Health
More episodes on race equity and recovery from Changing the Conversation
Equity and Recovery at C4 Innovations
Face and Voices of Recovery
Access a transcript of Leading with Respect & Acknowledging Barriers: Supporting Recovery Journeys of People of Color
Drew Musa and host Ashley Stewart discuss mental health treatment and supports and why it is important to acknowledge and address racial and other intersectional identities.
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The Black Peer Perspective podcast
OnTrackNY
Substance Use and Mental Health Recovery Supports at C4 Innovations
Integrating and Supervising Peer Workers at C4 Innovations
Access a transcript of Mental Health and Identity (coming soon)
Catherine Baz shares experiences of trauma and recovery and discusses the value of trauma-informed care with hosts Adrienne Kasmally and Nate Batiste. This episode is sponsored by Project Amp. Trigger Warning: trauma, suicide, hospitalization, domestic violence, abuse.
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Project Amp: youth-driven substance use prevention and early intervention – more info, additional resources
Follow the Youth Advisory Board on Instagram
Trauma-Informed Care at C4 Innovations
Substance Use Prevention and Early Intervention at C4 Innovations
Substance Use and Mental Health Recovery Supports at C4 Innovations
Access a transcript of Trauma-Informed Healing and Recovery: A Youth’s Experiences
Phil Rutherford and host Ashley Stewart discuss how to apply the tenets of critical race theory when providing recovery support services.
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Philip Rutherford
Ashley Stewart
The Four Pivots by Shawn Ginwright
Equity and Recovery at C4 Innovations
Access a transcript of Applying Critical Race Theory in Recovery Services
Sarah Saint Laurent and Judy Fox share strategies the state of Rhode Island has used to build and maintain the infrastructure to support peer recovery services with host Livia Davis.
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Peer Recovery and Family Support at the RI Department of Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities & Hospitals
Integrating and Supervising Peer Workers
Email Judy Fox for more information and support building peer recovery services at jfox@c4innovates.com
Access a transcript of Supporting Peer Recovery Services in Rhode Island
DaVonti’ Haynes and Daryl McGraw discuss self-care and what it looks and feels like for people of diverse races living in different regions and environments with host Ashley Stewart.
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DaVonti’ Haynes
Daryl McGraw
Ashley Stewart
Reclaiming Self-Care: Self-Care as a Social Justice Tool for Black Wellness by Janan Wyatt and Gifty Ampadu
Realistic Self-Care (1:25:03 minute recording)
Access a transcript of Self-Care, Mental Health and Geography (forthcoming)
Helen Mentha shares real world strategies for helping people move to where they want to be using Motivational Interviewing approaches with host Ali Hall.
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Helen Mentha: MINT profile, website
Someone Good to Talk To: Reflections on Motivational Interviewing in Practice by Helen Mentha
Ali Hall: MINT profile, website
Motivational Interviewing: Advancing Skills—live, online advanced level course starting June 3, 2022
Motivational Interviewing: training opportunities and resources from C4 Innovations
More podcast episodes on Motivational Interviewing
Motivational Interviewing: resources from the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT)
Access a transcript of Motivational Interviewing 17: Helen Mentha
Isabel Kai Fisher discusses the impact of the media’s portrayal of substance use on young audiences and ways creativity can support recovery with hosts Adrienne Kasmally and Nate Batiste. This episode is sponsored by Project Amp.
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Follow the Youth Advisory Board on Instagram
Project Amp: youth-driven substance use prevention and early intervention – more info, additional resources
Art With Impact
The Artist’s Way
Recovering Body (PDF): Isabel's thesis, including their collage process and images
Access a transcript of Impact of Media on Stigma and Recovery: A Youth’s Perspective
Emil Caron and David Galloway discuss the impact of military sexual trauma and ways to support male Veterans seeking and in recovery with host Steven Samra.
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Military Sexual Trauma from the US Department of Veterans Affairs
VA Homeless Programs from the US Department of Veterans Affairs
How to apply for a discharge upgrade from the US Department of Veterans Affairs
State Departments of Veterans Affairs office locations from the US Department of Veterans Affairs
Veteran Service Officers from the National Veterans Foundation
The Veterans Consortium Discharge Upgrade Program
Access a transcript of Impact of Military Sexual Trauma on Male Veterans
Laurie Johnson-Wade shares about the Ubuntu approach to life as a culture shift for recovery services from separateness and isolation to community and connectivity with host Ashley Stewart.
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Laurie Johnson-Wade
Lost Dreams Awakening (LDA)
LDA Ubuntu Recovery Project: A Daily Meditation Guide for Ubuntu Recovery Circles - Call for Submissions
National Museum of African American History and Culture: Community Building
Ashley Stewart
Recovery and Recovery Support from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
The Hidden Wound by Wendell Berry
Access a transcript of Challenging Silos in Recovery Services
Regina Cannon, Livia Davis, and Kristen Paquette discuss what leadership must look like to truly transform systems and achieve real racial equity.
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Racial Equity Intelligence Series—a live, online course with Ashley Stewart and Livia Davis starting March 31
Equity Initiatives at C4 Innovations
Regina Cannon
Livia Davis
Kristen Paquette
Access a transcript of Achieving Racially Equitable Leadership
Elizabeth Black and host Steven Samra discuss why words matter and the importance of using strengths-based, person-centered, trauma-informed language with people we serve.
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Elizabeth Black
Steven Samra
Substance Use and Mental Health Recovery Supports at C4 Innovations
Training and Technical Assistance at C4 Innovations
Access a transcript of Power of the Language We Use with People We Serve
Ken Kraybill and host Steven Samra discuss the importance and impact of whole-person care and how recognizing what is happening to, with, and around an individual supports healing and recovery.
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Whole-Person Care for People Experiencing Homelessness and Opioid Use Disorder Toolkit (English and Spanish versions) from HHRC
Whole-Person Care for People Experiencing Homelessness and Opioid Use Disorder—webinar recording from HHRC with Ken Kraybill and Steven Samra
Person-Centered Care and Services: videos on post-traumatic growth and Motivational Interviewing
Identifying and Dismantling Stigma in Recovery Services—live, online course starting February 17, 2022
Providing Trauma-Informed Supervision—live, online course starting March 15, 2022
Motivational Interviewing: Facilitating Change—live, online course starting April 8, 2022
Motivational Interviewing: Advancing Skills—live, online course starting June 3, 2022
Access a transcript of Providing Whole-Person Care
Jack Seymour shares his experiences using substances during high school and college and gaining recovery with hosts Nate Batiste and Nastacia’ Moore. This episode is sponsored by Project Amp. Trigger warning: drug use, mental health challenges
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Project Amp: more info, resources
The University of Alabama Collegiate Recovery and Intervention Services
Access a transcript of Pathways to Recovery: A Youth’s Perspective
Racquel Garcia and Ali Hall discuss Motivational Interviewing as part of recovery coaching with host Jeff Olivet.
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Racquel Garcia: HardBeauty, HardBeauty Foundation
Ali Hall: MINT profile, website
Motivational Interviewing: training opportunities and resources from C4 Innovations
More podcast episodes on Motivational Interviewing
Motivational Interviewing: resources from the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT)
Access a transcript of Motivational Interviewing 16: Racquel Garcia
Jennifer Smith and Laurie Johnson-Wade discuss a process for fostering recovery supports for all with a focus on Black communities and anti-Black racism with host Livia Davis.
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Jennifer Smith
Laurie Johnson-Wade
Pennsylvania Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs
Recovery Rising, Pennsylvania Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs
Lost Dreams Awakening
Faces and Voices of Recovery
Access a transcript of Recovery Rising: Supporting All Pathways to Recovery in Pennsylvania
Ashley Stewart and Daryl McGraw discuss urban, race-based trauma and ways recovery service providers can support healing for people who have experienced and witnessed it with host Livia Davis.
Trigger Warning: In this episode, we discuss types of trauma—such as death, violence, abuse, abandonment, poverty, food insecurity/hunger, and incarceration.
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Ashley Stewart
Daryl McGraw
Dr. Joy DeGruy on Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome
TEDxHartford talk by Daryl McGraw on Sunday, December 5
Trauma-Informed Care at C4 Innovations
Equity Initiatives at C4 Innovations
Access a transcript of Recognizing Urban Trauma and Supporting Healing
Shawn Roberson and Ali Hall discuss ways Motivational Interviewing is supporting people living through the COVID-19 pandemic with host Jeff Olivet.
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Shawn Roberson
Ali Hall: MINT profile, website
Motivational Interviewing: training opportunities and resources from C4 Innovations
More podcast episodes on Motivational Interviewing
Motivational Interviewing: resources from the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT)
Access a transcript of Motivational Interviewing 15: Shawn Roberson
Daryl McGraw and Ashley Stewart discuss ways recovery support services can respond to Black, Brown, and Indigenous People of Color in ways that acknowledge the compounding effects of racism with host Livia Davis.
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Daryl McGraw
Ashley Stewart Explains How Social Workers Can Work Against Racial Injustice and Toward Social Change from Temple University College of Public Health
More episodes on race equity and recovery from Changing the Conversation
Equity and Recovery at C4 Innovations
Face and Voices of Recovery
Access a transcript of Leading with Respect & Acknowledging Barriers: Supporting Recovery Journeys of People of Color
Julie Burns and host Livia Davis discuss the process of bringing diverse perspectives together, breaking down barriers, exploring solutions, and moving forward for collective action to end the opioid epidemic in Massachusetts. This episode was originally released on July 19, 2021.
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Julie Burns, President & CEO, RIZE Massachusetts
Together in Recovery: Facing the Opioid Overdose Crisis in Massachusetts—A Case Study
Together in Recovery: videos interviewing Change Team participants
RIZE Massachusetts
Facilitating Change and Transforming Systems at C4 Innovations
Access a transcript of Together in Recovery: Facilitating Collective Action and Systems Change in Massachusetts (re-release)
Jami Eckols-Leonard shares her experiences as a youth with alcohol and substance use, trauma, and mental health challenges with hosts Nate Batiste and Nastacia’ Moore. This episode is sponsored by Project Amp. Trigger warning: alcohol and stimulant use, mood disorders
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Project Amp
Behavioral Health and Recovery at C4 Innovations
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Daryl McGraw and host Steven Samra discuss challenges experienced by Black and other people of color in recovery with a criminal record.
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Steven Samra
Daryl McGraw
Criminal Justice System Reform & Re-Entry Supports at C4 Innovations
Access a transcript of Criminal Justice & Race Equity in Recovery Services
Ariel Britt and host Livia Davis discuss ways to have tough conversations, increase internal awareness, and examine privilege as strategies for embedding racial equity in recovery services. This episode was originally released on January 25, 2021.
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Safe Project
Beauty in the Grit
House of Pod
Ken Hardy’s Tasks of the Privileged and the Subjugated: read, watch and listen
Iris Young’s 5 Faces of Oppression
Access a transcript of Embedding Racial Equity in Recovery Services
Regina Cannon discusses a demonstration project to redesign racially equitable coordinated entry homeless response systems through the US Department of Housing and Urban Development with host Kristen Harper. This episode was originally released on April 19, 2021.
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Regina Cannon, Chief Equity and Impact Officer at C4 Innovations
Racial Equity-HUD Exchange, US Department of Housing and Urban Development
Bringing Racial Equity to Homeless Response Systems, more info on the HUD equity demonstration project
Morning Cup of Equity, podcast series
Race Equity and Homelessness, podcast series
Access a transcript of Redesigning Racially Equitable Homeless Response Systems (re-release)
Pamela Butler and host Steven Samra discuss the process of building and expanding the number of mental health and substance use peer support workers in Alabama.
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Peer Programs, Alabama Department of Mental Health
Peer Support, Alabama Department of Mental Health
Certified Recovery Support Peer Specialist Training Program, Alabama Department of Mental Health
Integrating Peer Workers, C4 Innovations
Facilitating Change & Transforming Systems, C4 Innovations
Access a transcript of Growing Peer Support in Alabama
Julie Burns and host Livia Davis discuss the process of bringing diverse perspectives together, breaking down barriers, exploring solutions, and moving forward for collective action to end the opioid epidemic in Massachusetts.
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Julie Burns, President & CEO, RIZE Massachusetts
Together in Recovery: Facing the Opioid Overdose Crisis in Massachusetts—A Case Study
Together in Recovery: videos interviewing Change Team participants
RIZE Massachusetts
Facilitating Change and Transforming Systems at C4 Innovations
Access a transcript of Together in Recovery: Facilitating Collective Action and Systems Change in Massachusetts
Audrey Wong shares perspectives on youth experiences with substance use, mental health, and anti-Asian racism during COVID-19 with hosts Nate Batiste and Nastacia’ Moore.
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Project Amp
Equity and Recovery at C4 Innovations
Access a transcript of Substance Use, Mental Health, Racism & COVID-19: A Youth’s Perspective
Amy Shanahan and Ali Hall discuss ways leaders can use Motivational Interviewing strategies with host Jeff Olivet.
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Amy Shanahan: MINT profile, Compass Consulting and Training
Ali Hall: MINT profile, website
Motivational Interviewing: training opportunities and resources from C4 Innovations
More podcast episodes on Motivational Interviewing
Motivational Interviewing: resources from the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT)
Access a transcript of Motivational Interviewing 14: Amy Shanahan
Danielle Tarino and host Kristen Harper discuss issues of privacy and disclosure for people in recovery from substance use disorder.
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The Ethics of Public Recovery Self-Disclosure by Bill White, Bill Stauffer & Danielle Tarino
Substance Use Disorder Privacy and Discrimination from Legal Action Center
Substance Abuse Confidentiality Regulations from SAMHSA
Fundamentals of 42 CFR Part 2 from Legal Action Center
The Anonymous People documentary
Access a transcript of Protecting Privacy for People in Recovery
Meghan Hetfield and Jarmichael Harris share harm reduction approaches to supporting people who use drugs in improving their quality of life with host Kristen Harper.
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Meghan Hetfield, WEconnect
Jarmichael Harris, Engage Recovery
Drug Use for Grown-ups: Chasing Liberty in the Land of Fear by Dr. Carl Hart
Safety First: Real Drug Education for Teens from the Drug Policy Alliance
Volitional Social Interaction Prevents Drug Addiction in Rat Models
SMART Recovery mutual support meetings
Recovery Dharma
Refuge Recovery
NEXT Distro
Harm Reduction Works
Access a transcript of Meeting People Who Use Drugs Where They Are
Kristin Dempsey and Ali Hall discuss the impact of secondary trauma on people working in health and human services and Motivational Interviewing strategies to address it and promote post-traumatic growth with host Jeff Olivet.
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Kristin Dempsey: MINT profile, The Wright Institute, San Francisco State University
Ali Hall: MINT profile, website
Motivational Interviewing: Advancing Skills—live, online course starts May 28, 2021
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Motivational Interviewing: resources from the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT)
Motivational Interviewing: resources from C4 Innovations
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Akeem Marsh and Lara Cox discuss adversity and healing for youth with disruptive behaviors with host Katie Volk. This episode is sponsored by the New England Mental Health Technology Transfer Center Network (MHTTC).
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Akeem Marsh, Home for Integrated Behavioral Health, NY Foundling
Dr. Lara Cox, Juvenile Justice Mental Health Service, Bellevue Hospital
Not Just Bad Kids: The Adversity and Disruptive Behavior Link
Sonya Renee Taylor on the Power of Radical Self-Love
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Regina Cannon discusses a demonstration project to redesign racially equitable coordinated entry homeless response systems through the US Department of Housing and Urban Development with host Kristen Harper.
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Regina Cannon, Chief Equity and Impact Officer at C4 Innovations
Racial Equity-HUD Exchange, US Department of Housing and Urban Development
Bringing Racial Equity to Homeless Response Systems, more info on the HUD equity demonstration project
Morning Cup of Equity, podcast series
Race Equity and Homelessness, podcast series
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Larry Davidson and Maria Restrepo-Toro discuss the principles of mental health recovery with host Katie Volk. This episode is sponsored by the New England Mental Health Technology Transfer Center Network (MHTTC).
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Larry Davidson, Yale Program for Recovery and Community Health
Maria Restrepo-Toro, Yale Program for Recovery and Community Health
Yale Program for Recovery and Community Health
New England Mental Health Technology Transfer Center
Recovery-Oriented Practices by New England MHTTC
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Center for Educational Improvement
Access a transcript of Principles of Mental Health Recovery
Joy Crawford and Ali Hall share strategies for supporting people experiencing trauma during COVID-19 through remote services and Motivational Interviewing practices with host Jeff Olivet.
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Joy Crawford: MINT profile, Eve for Life
Ali Hall: MINT profile, website
Motivational Interviewing: Facilitating Change—live, online course starts April 16, 2021
Motivational Interviewing: Advancing Skills—live, online course starts May 28, 2021
Motivational Interviewing: resources from C4 Innovations
Motivational Interviewing: resources from the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT)
More podcast episodes on Motivational Interviewing
Access a transcript of Motivational Interviewing 12: Joy Crawford
Laura Horne and host Kristen Harper talk mental health and supporting wellbeing among youth and young adults. This episode is sponsored by the New England Mental Health Technology Transfer Center Network (MHTTC).
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Laura Horne, Chief Program Officer, Active Minds
Active Minds
New England Mental Health Technology Transfer Center
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Kateri Coyhis and Holly Echo-Hawk discuss intergenerational tribal experiences of trauma, recovery, COVID-19, and healing with host Livia Davis.
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Kateri Coyhis, White Bison
Holly Echo-Hawk, Echo-Hawk & Associates
White Bison Training Programs
Wellbriety Circle and Meetings
COVID-19 Hospitalization and Death by Race/Ethnicity, Centers for Disease Control
In the Rooms: A Global Recovery Community
HIR Wellness
Native Wellness Institute Power Hour
How Socially Distanced Powwows are Keeping the People Dancing, Native News Online
Native Dad’s Network
Walking the Red Road: Healing Historical Trauma through Wellbriety, a podcast episode with Kateri Coyhis
Access a transcript of Resiliency and Intergenerational Healing in Tribal Communities
Vesper Moore and Tracy Puglisi share perspectives on surviving systems and how systems can be re-built to prioritize human connection and community with host Katie Volk. This episode is sponsored by the New England Mental Health Technology Transfer Center Network (MHTTC).
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Vesper Moore, Senior Director of Organization Equity and Young Adult Supports, Kiva Centers
Tracy Puglisi, Association for Mental Health and Wellness
New England Mental Health Technology Transfer Center
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Ariel Britt and host Livia Davis discuss ways to have tough conversations, increase internal awareness, and examine privilege as strategies for embedding racial equity in recovery services.
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Safe Project
Beauty in the Grit
House of Pod
Ken Hardy’s Tasks of the Privileged and the Subjugated: read, watch and listen
Iris Young’s 5 Faces of Oppression
Access a transcript of Embedding Racial Equity in Recovery Services
Terry Cross shares the relational worldview and discusses mental health and resilience for Native children and families with host Katie Volk. This episode is sponsored by the New England Mental Health Technology Transfer Center Network (MHTTC).
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Terry Cross (Seneca), National Indian Child Welfare Association
National Indian Child Welfare Association
Relational Worldview Model by Terry Cross
New England Mental Health Technology Transfer Center
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Valeria Chambers and Keith Murphy discuss strategies for supporting recovery, mental health, and wellness for marginalized communities during these times of COVID-19 and racial strife with host Kristen Harper.
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Valeria Chambers, Black Voices in Recovery
Keith Murphy, Rutgers Student Health
Behavioral Health and Recovery at C4 Innovations
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Bridgett Williamson and Pauline Bernard COVID-19 pandemic experiences and how people with lived experiences can support others with host Katie Volk. This episode is sponsored by the New England Mental Health Technology Transfer Center Network (MHTTC). Trigger Warning: pandemic, hunger, death.
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Citizens Project
CT Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services
Yale Program for Recovery and Community Health
New England Mental Health Technology Transfer Center Network (MHTTC)
Citizenship: The 5 R's and Belonging (video)
Meeting Jim: The Origins of Citizenship (video)
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Tory Morgan and Ali Hall discuss strategies for supervising people using Motivational Interviewing (MI) and creating a MI culture with host Jeff Olivet.
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Tory Morgan: Partnership Development Group
Ali Hall: MINT profile, website
Coding & Coaching: Using the Motivational Interviewing Treatment Integrity and Motivational Interviewing Competency Assessment Evaluation Tools—live online course starting January 22, 2021
Motivational Interviewing Practitioners' Playground—interactive virtual workshop starting January 29, 2021
Motivational Interviewing: resources from the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT)
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Motivational Interviewing: resources from C4 Innovations
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Annette Diaz and Ana Florence discuss peer support and how people with lived experiences can support others during the COVID-19 pandemic with host Katie Volk. This episode is sponsored by the New England Mental Health Technology Transfer Center Network (MHTTC).
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Community Health Resources (CHR)
New England Mental Health Technology Transfer Center Network (MHTTC)
Yale Program for Recovery and Community Health
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Carlton Whitmore and Keris Myrick discuss engaging and supporting communities disproportionately impacted during COVID-19 by maintaining social connections while physically distancing with host Katie Volk. This episode is sponsored by the New England Mental Health Technology Transfer Center Network (MHTTC).
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New England Mental Health Technology Transfer Center
New York City Department of Health & Mental Hygiene
Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health
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Nate Batiste and host Nastacia’ Moore share perspectives on engaging youth in addressing health inequities—especially youth of color and LGBTQIA+ youth.
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Project Amp
School-Based Health Alliance
PFLAG
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Dan Johnston and Raquelle Mesholam-Gately discuss the value of partnering with peers in mental health treatment and research with host Katie Volk. This episode is sponsored by the New England Mental Health Technology Transfer Center Network (MHTTC).
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New England Mental Health Technology Transfer Center
Raquelle Mesholam-Gately
CEDAR Clinic
Certified Peer Specialist Training Resources from Kiva Centers
Massachusetts Mental Health Center
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Daryl McGraw, Livia Davis, and host Kristen Paquette discuss the need for equitable access to treatment and recovery supports and share strategies for addressing racism and racial equity in the recovery community.
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Daryl McGraw, Formerly Inc
Livia Davis
Behavioral Health & Recovery at C4 Innovations
Equity Initiatives at C4 Innovations
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Thomas Wexler and Kendall share strategies to support mental health during these difficult times with host Katie Volk. This episode is sponsored by the New England Mental Health Technology Transfer Center Network (MHTTC).
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Thomas Wexler
New England Mental Health Technology Transfer Center Network (MHTTC)
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Claire Bien and Eve Gardien discuss coping skills Claire has learned during her recovery that have helped during the COVID-19 pandemic with host Katie Volk. This episode is sponsored by the New England Mental Health Technology Transfer Center Network (MHTTC). Trigger Warning: mental health crisis, hearing voices, suicide.
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Claire Bien
Hearing Voices, Living Fully by Claire Bien
Hearing Voices Network
Eve Gardien
New England Mental Health Technology Transfer Center Network (MHTTC)
Yale Program for Recovery and Community Health
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Ronda Speight and Ana Florence discuss peer support and how sharing lived experiences can support others with host Katie Volk. This episode is sponsored by the New England Mental Health Technology Transfer Center Network (MHTTC).
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Crisis as Opportunity: Parachute NYC as a Promising Crisis Alternative Practice
Parachute NYC Highlights Success of Peer Crisis Model, Impact of Community Access
New England Mental Health Technology Transfer Center Network (MHTTC)
Yale Program for Recovery and Community Health
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Bebe Smith and host Jeff Olivet discuss how Critical Time Intervention (CTI)—a care coordination model—mobilizes support for vulnerable individuals during transitions.
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Understanding Critical Time Intervention, an online course starting October 19, 2020
Bebe Smith
Center for the Advancement of Critical Time Intervention (CACTI)
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Joanne Nicholson and host Katie Volk discuss strategies and challenges for parenting while in recovery. This episode is sponsored by the New England Mental Health Technology Transfer Center Network (MHTTC).
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Joanne Nicholson: Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University
New England Mental Health Technology Transfer Center Network (MHTTC)
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Regina Cannon and Ellen Bassuk discuss addressing housing stability with host Kristen Paquette.
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Join Regina Cannon Wednesdays in September 2020 for a live, online course on Racial Equity and Homelessness: Working Towards Systemic Change.
Ellen Bassuk
Bassuk Center
Regina Cannon
Coordinated Entry Systems Racial Equity Analysis of Assessment Data
Out of Reach 2019, National Low Income Housing Coalition
More Upcoming Online Courses:
- Deepening Motivational Interviewing Skills: Virtual Community of Practice—starting September 8, 2020
- Learning Community for Supervisors of Peer Workers—starting September 16, 2020
- Critical Time Intervention—starting October 19, 2020
- Trauma-Informed Practice: Facilitating Post-Traumatic Growth & Recovery—starting October 22, 2020
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Cheryl Gagne shares strategies for supervising peer support workers with host Kristen Paquette.
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Learning Community for Supervisors of Peer Workers: live online course starts September 16, 2020
Supervision and Integration of Peer Workers Webinar: Thursday, July 30, 2020 from 1-2 pm ET
Integrating and Supervising Peer Workers: Cheryl Gagne (4:02 minute video)
Supervising Peer Workers, C4 Innovations
Integrating Peer Workers, C4 Innovations
Cheryl Gagne, C4 Innovations
Peers, SAMHSA
Core Competencies for Peer Workers, SAMHSA
Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation, Boston University
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Matthew Morton shares research and discusses equitable strategies for ending youth homelessness with host Regina Cannon.
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Matthew Morton
Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago
Voices of Youth Count
Youth homelessness work at Chapin Hall
Prevalence and Correlates of Youth Homelessness in the United States in Journal of Adolescent Health
Prevalence and Correlates of Homelessness Among American Indian and Alaska Native Youth in The Journal of Primary Prevention
Measuring Up/Youth Outcomes Project
Upstream Initiative
Missed Opportunities: LGBTQ Youth Homelessness in America
Toward a System Response to Ending Youth Homelessness
Access a transcript of Ending Youth Homelessness with Equitable Strategies
Regina Cannon reflects on race, racism, equity, and current events Friday mornings in June on “Morning Cup of Equity.”
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- Learn from these organizations doing important racial justice work:
- Race Forward
- Showing Up for Racial Justice
- Color of Change
- Race Equity & Homelessness podcast series
- Racially Equitable Responses to COVID-19
- We Stand for Racial Justice
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Ken Kraybill and host Kristen Paquette share tips for leading and supporting teams and employees through COVID-19 and during overwhelming times.
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Self-Care and Supporting Teams in Overwhelming Times—hear more from Ken and Kristen and access additional resources
The Growing Edge Podcast
Morning Cup of Equity—podcast series on race, racism, equity, and current events
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Regina Cannon reflects on race, racism, equity, and current events Friday mornings in June on “Morning Cup of Equity.”
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- Learn from these organizations doing important racial justice work:
- Race Forward
- Showing Up for Racial Justice
- Color of Change
- Race Equity & Homelessness podcast series
- Racially Equitable Responses to COVID-19
- We Stand for Racial Justice
Access a transcript of Morning Cup of Equity: Time for Real Change
Regina Cannon reflects on race, racism, equity, and current events Friday mornings in June on “Morning Cup of Equity.”
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- Learn from these organizations doing important racial justice work:
- Race Forward
- Showing Up for Racial Justice
- Color of Change
- Race Equity & Homelessness podcast series
- Racially Equitable Responses to COVID-19
- We Stand for Racial Justice
Access a transcript of Morning Cup of Equity: Moment or Movement
Susan Thomas discusses philanthropy’s role in ending homelessness during the COVID-19 pandemic and the importance of implementing race equity strategies with host Regina Cannon.
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Susan Thomas, President, Melville Charitable Trust
Melville Charitable Trust
Funders Together to End Homelessness
National Alliance to End Homelessness
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
PolicyLink
Morning Cup of Equity podcast series with Regina Cannon
Racially Equitable Responses to COVID-19
Regina Cannon reflects on race, racism, equity, and current events Friday mornings in June on “Morning Cup of Equity.”
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- Learn from these organizations doing important racial justice work:
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- Race Forward
- Showing Up for Racial Justice
- Color of Change
- Racially Equitable Responses to COVID-19
- Race Equity & Homelessness podcast series
- We Stand for Racial Justice
Access a transcript of Morning Cup of Equity: With Your Breath
Mayté Antelo-Ovando and Ali Hall discuss strategies for using motivational interviewing with families and individuals experiencing homelessness with host Jeff Olivet.
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Heading Home
Ali Hall: MINT profile, website
Motivational Interviewing: resources from the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT)
More podcast episodes on Motivational Interviewing
Motivational Interviewing: resources from C4 Innovations
Matcheri Keshavan and Michelle Friedman-Yakoobian discuss first episode psychosis and the importance of early intervention for youth and young adults with host Jeff Olivet.
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Matcheri Keshavan, MD, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Department of Psychiatry and the Massachusetts Mental Health Center, Harvard Medical School
Michelle Friedman-Yakoobian, Ph.D., CEDAR Clinic, Brookline Center for Community Mental Health, Massachusetts Mental Health Center, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
CEDAR Clinic, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Recovery After an Initial Schizophrenia Episode (RAISE), National Institute of Mental Health
What is Coordinated Specialty Care, National Institute of Mental Health
Early Serious Mental Illness Treatment Locator, SAMHSA
Massachusetts Psychosis Network for Early Treatment, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Department of Psychiatry
Early Psychosis Learning Collaborative, New England Mental Health Technology Transfer Center Network
Early Psychosis Intervention Network (EPINET), National Institute of Mental Health
LEAP Center, McLean Hospital
PEPPNET, Stanford Medicine
SMI Adviser, APA and SAMHSA
For info on training for Coordinated Specialty Care teams, email C4 Innovations
Cheryl Gagne shares strategies for supervising peer support workers with host Kristen Paquette.
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Cheryl Gagne, C4 Innovations
Integrating Peer Workers, C4 Innovations
Peers, SAMHSA
Core Competencies for Peer Workers, SAMHSA
Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation, Boston University
Mike Koprowski and host Regina Cannon discuss the need for more affordable housing in the U.S., including federal policies, racially equitable solutions, and COVID-19 responses.
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Opportunity Starts at Home
National Low Income Housing Coalition
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
National Alliance to End Homelessness
Children’s HealthWatch
The Color of Law by Richard Rothstein
Child Opportunity Index from Institute for Child, Youth and Family Policy at the Heller School for Social Policy and Management at Brandeis University
National Housing Trust Fund
Ten Equity Implications of the Coronavirus COVID-19 Outbreak in the United States from NAACP
Racially Equitable Responses to COVID-19 from C4 Innovations
COVID-19 Coronavirus and Housing/Homelessness from National Low Income Housing Coalition
Coronavirus Resources from C4 Innovations
In this special episode, John Gilvar shares tips with host Jeff Olivet for refreshing—including a guided meditation—during a time of crisis.
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John Gilvar: Gilvar Consulting Services
Health Care for the Homeless: COVID-19 Resources
Centers for Disease Control (CDC): Manage Anxiety and Stress
New York Times: 10 Ways to Ease Your Coronavirus Anxiety
Mental Health First Aid: How to Care for Yourself While Practicing Physical Distancing and How to Support a Loved One Going Through a Tough Time During COVID-19
Emma McAdam: 10 Skills to Soothe your Brain when the News is Scary
International Association of Peer Supporters (iNAPS): Peer Support Approaches for Responding to Fear
Coronavirus Resources from C4 Innovations
Debra Collins and Ali Hall share tips for using Motivational Interviewing with older adults.
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Debra Collins: MINT profile
Ali Hall: MINT profile, website
Motivational Interviewing: resources from the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT)
More podcast episodes on Motivational Interviewing
Motivational Interviewing: resources from C4 Innovations
Coronavirus Resources: from C4 Innovations
Regina Cannon and Ellen Bassuk discuss addressing housing stability with host Kristen Paquette.
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Ellen Bassuk
Bassuk Center
Regina Cannon
Coordinated Entry Systems Racial Equity Analysis of Assessment Data
Out of Reach 2019, National Low Income Housing Coalition
Diane Yentel discusses the need for affordable housing for everyone and policies to address racial disproportionalities in housing and homelessness with host Regina Cannon.
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National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC)
Diane Yentel, President and CEO, NLIHC
The Gap, NLIHC report
Out of Reach, NLIHC report
Ravi Maharajh and Ali Hall share tips for using Motivational Interviewing to engage people during brief encounters.
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Ravi Maharajh: MINT profile
Rutgers University Behavioral Health Care
Ali Hall: MINT profile, website
Motivational Interviewing: resources from the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT)
More podcast episodes on Motivational Interviewing
Motivational Interviewing: resources from C4 Innovations
Dr. Megan Sandel discusses how where you live impacts your health and “place-based” approaches to health equity with host Regina Cannon.
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Megan Sandel, MD, Boston Medical Center
Children’s HealthWatch
Grow Clinic, Boston Medical Center
Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Meeting Individual Social Needs Falls Short Of Addressing Social Determinants Of Health, Health Affairs
The Democracy Collaborative
Housing Prescriptions as Health Care
Kresge Foundation
Enterprise Community Partners
City Life/Vida Urbana
Healthcare Anchor Network
Full Frame Initiative
Camara Phyllis Jones, MD
NYU Furman Center
Bebe Smith and host Jeff Olivet discuss how Critical Time Intervention (CTI)—a care coordination model—mobilizes support for vulnerable individuals during transitions.
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Understanding Critical Time Intervention, an online course starting March 2, 2020
Bebe Smith
Center for the Advancement of Critical Time Intervention (CACTI)
Regina Cannon and Caty Wilkey share data from a racial equity analysis of coordinated entry system assessment data with host Jeff Olivet. They discuss next steps for communities working to end homelessness through a racial equity lens.
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Coordinated Entry Systems: Racial Equity Analysis of Assessment Data
Equity Initiatives at C4 Innovations
Regina Cannon, Chief Equity and Impact Officer at C4 Innovations
Caty Wilkey, Deputy Director of Research and Evaluation at C4 Innovations
Building Changes
Dr. Ed Farrell, Director of Integrated Health Services at Colorado Coalition for the Homeless, shares how Motivational Interviewing (MI) strategies can help make patient encounters more effective.
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- Colorado Coalition for the Homeless
- Motivational Interviewing: Helping People Change by William Miller and Stephen Rollnick
- Upcoming Online Courses on Motivational Interviewing:
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- Learning to Use the MITI (Version 4.2.1) for Coding and Coaching, starting January 10, 2020
- Motivational Interviewing: Advancing Skills, starting February 14, 2020
- Motivational Interviewing: resources from the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT)
- More podcast episodes on Motivational Interviewing
Emma Ward-Williams and Greg Barchuk of Your Way Home Montgomery County join host Jeff Olivet to share how they are addressing racial equity and homelessness.
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Your Way Home
Montgomery County Department of Health and Human Services (PA)
Racial Equity Initiative at C4 Innovations
SPARC, a C4 Racial Equity Initiative
Mark Horvath and Jeff Olivet on the tough conversations and actions needed to end homelessness.
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Mark Horvath
Invisible People
Equity and SPARC initiatives at C4 Innovations
Albuquerque Health Care for the Homeless
A Way Home America
Erin Helms, Jason Howell, and host Kristen Paquette discuss integrating residents in medication-assisted treatment into recovery homes.
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Helping Recovery Residences Adapt to Support People with Medication-Assisted Recovery
Perspectives from Recovery Residences: Adapting for MAT and Other Recovery Pathways, free webinar on November 13, 2019
MAT Proficient Recovery Housing: Learning Collaborative starting January 10, 2020
The Woodrow Project
RecoveryPeople
National Alliance for Recovery Residences (NARR)
eBasedAcademy
Recovery Housing
Medication-Assisted Treatment/Medication-Assisted Recovery
Jane Nguyen and host Jeff Olivet discuss homelessness in Los Angeles and ways neighborhood activists are supporting people who are homeless and advocating for real solutions.
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Ktown for All
Services Not Sweeps
Invisible People
Homeless Persons’ Memorial Day
Ali Hall and host Jeff Olivet discuss getting better at Motivational Interviewing (MI) with coding and coaching.
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Motivational Interviewing: resources from the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT)
Upcoming Online Courses on Motivational Interviewing:
- Using the Motivational Interviewing Competency Assessment (MICA), starting November 4, 2019
- Learning to Use the MITI (Version 4.2.1) for Coding and Coaching, starting January 10, 2020
- Motivational Interviewing: Advancing Skills, starting February 14, 2020
Ali Hall: MINT profile, website
More podcast episodes on Motivational Interviewing
Motivational Interviewing: resources from C4 Innovations
Susan Butterworth: MINT profile
Kristen Harper and Jeff Olivet discuss the benefits of recovery supports for high school and college students.
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Association of Recovery Schools
Association of Recovery in Higher Education
Census and Definitions for Recovery Support in Higher Education by Transforming Youth Recovery
Rutgers Recovery Housing
Center for Collegiate Recovery Communities at Texas Tech University
Steven Samra shares what it is like to bring lived experience of recovery to a job promoting recovery strategies, including how it has influenced his own journey.
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Bringing Recovery Support to Scale Technical Assistance Center Strategy (BRSS TACS)
Trauma
Medication-Assisted Treatment
My Recovery Journey: Steven Samra (video)
My Experience in MAT Program: Steven Samra (video)
While we take a brief hiatus from producing new episodes, we are re-releasing a few fan favorites for your listening pleasure. We will be back in September with all new episodes! Have a great summer!
Richard Rothstein describes how—contrary to national myth—neighborhood segregation was created by government policies. He and host Jeff Olivet discuss how this has led to wealth, achievement, and health disparities experienced by African Americans.
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Richard Rothstein, Distinguished Fellow, Economic Policy Institute
Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America
HOLC “redlining” maps: The persistent structure of segregation and economic equality, National Community Reinvestment Coalition
Housing Segregation in America: A History, Center for Social Innovation
SPARC (Supporting Partnerships for Anti-Racist Communities)
While we take a brief hiatus from producing new episodes, we are re-releasing a few fan favorites for your listening pleasure. We will be back in September with all new episodes! Have a great summer!
Host Kristen Paquette talks with Cheryl Gagne and Steven Samra about what health means to people in recovery. They also share strategies for health care providers to use when supporting people in recovery.
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Bringing Recovery Supports to Scale Technical Assistance Center Strategy
Los Angeles LGBT Center
While we take a brief hiatus from producing new episodes, we are re-releasing a few fan favorites for your listening pleasure. We will be back in September with all new episodes! Have a great summer!
Bobby Watts of the National Health Care for the Homeless Council and host Jeff Olivet examine the links between health and homelessness.
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Bobby Watts, CEO, National Health Care for the Homeless Council
National Health Care for the Homeless Council
Physical Quality of Life Index
Healthy People 2020
SPARC: Supporting Partnerships for Anti-Racist Communities
While we take a brief hiatus from producing new episodes, we are re-releasing a few fan favorites for your listening pleasure. We will be back in September with all new episodes! Have a great summer!
Kristen Paquette and Vicki Steen discuss the opioid epidemic and overdose prevention strategies including harm reduction and medication assisted treatment.
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Praxis: Training for MA Addiction Professionals
Bureau of Substance Addiction Services, MA Department of Public Health
Medication Assisted Treatment, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Harm Reduction, Harm Reduction International
CDC joins Department of Public Health in investigating HIV cluster among people who inject drugs, Massachusetts Department of Public Health
Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), Centers for Disease Control
Syringe services programs, Centers for Disease Control
For more information on training in Massachusetts or in your state, email praxis@center4si.com.
Lisa Lambert, Kathleen Ferreira, and host Jeff Olivet discuss the role of families and family advocates in supporting mental health for children and share reasons why family engagement matters.
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Lisa Lambert, Parent/Professional Advocacy League
Parent/Professional Advocacy League
Kathleen Ferreira, C4 Innovations
Family Advocacy in Children’s Mental Health: Past, Present and Strategies for a Successful Future
National Federation of Families for Children’s Mental Health
Report on the Surgeon General’s Conference on Children’s Mental Health
Achieving the Promise: Transforming Mental Health Care in America, President’s New Freedom Commission on Mental Health
Amanda Lipp shares how she tells stories about mental health recovery with host Jeff Olivet. They also discuss ways art can support recovery and create change.
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- Amanda Lipp: YouTube, website
- The Giving Gallery
- OnTrackNY
- Coordinated Specialty Care (CSC) from NIMH
- First Episode Psychosis from NIMH
Ken Kraybill and host Jeff Olivet discuss trauma-informed supervision and share strategies for supporting employees in providing high quality services.
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Ken Kraybill: bio, MINT profile
Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) Study (CDC)
Trauma (SAMHSA-HRSA)
Trauma Informed Care (C4 Innovations)
Trauma Informed Care in Behavioral Health Services (SAMHSA)
Vicarious Trauma (American Counseling Association)
Motivational Interviewing: Helping People Change (William Miller and Stephen Rollnick)
Elicit-Provide-Elicit (Oregon Health Authority)
Supporting Partnerships for Anti-Racist Communities (SPARC)
First, Break All the Rules (Marcus Buckingham and Curt Coffman)
CLEAR Model (Peter Hawkins)
BEER Coaching Model (Stewart, Cooper & Coon)
Ola Wilkin-Day, Ali Hall, and host Jeff Olivet discuss the benefits of Motivational Interviewing (MI) in Poland and globally. This is the fifth in a series of episodes on MI.
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More on Motivational Interviewing
Motivational Interviewing: resources from the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT)
Motivational Interviewing: Helping People Change by William Miller and Stephen Rollnick
Motivational Interviewing Competency Assessment (MICA): online course starts May 28, 2019
Aleksandra “Ola” Wilkin-Day: MINT profile
Ali Hall: MINT profile, website
Valerie Gold and host Jeff Olivet discuss how health and human service organizations can promote family support and how family members can support loved ones during their journeys to recovery.
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Smart Recovery Family and Friends
Al-Anon
CRAFFT Interview
Partnership for Drug-Free Kids Helpline
Steven Samra shares insights about how he is facing and addressing trauma to heal mental health and substance use challenges.
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Bringing Recovery Support to Scale Technical Assistance Center Strategy (BRSS TACS)
Trauma
Medication-Assisted Treatment
My Recovery Journey: Steven Samra (video)
My Experience in MAT Program: Steven Samra (video)
Rik Bes, Ali Hall, and host Jeff Olivet discuss the practice of Motivational Interviewing (MI) internationally. This is the fourth in a series of episodes on MI.
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More on Motivational Interviewing
Motivational Interviewing: resources from the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT)
Motivational Interviewing: Helping People Change by William Miller and Stephen Rollnick
Motivational Interviewing: Facilitating Change, a live, online course starting April 26
Rik Bes: MINT profile
Ali Hall: MINT profile, website
Amritha Anup, Laura Winn, and host Jeff Olivet discuss the importance of including youth when developing substance use prevention programs for young people. They share strategies for developing true, collaborative youth-adult partnerships.
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- Conrad N. Hilton Foundation
- Bringing Youth and Young Adult Voice to Substance Use Prevention and Early Intervention
- Identifying Young People for Engagement Activities
- Avoiding Tokenism When Engaging Young People
- Youth Engagement: Setting Up for Success
- Journey Toward Positive Youth Engagement: The School-Based Health Alliance Story
- Project Amp, pairing youth with young adults in recovery for brief mentorship that enhances resiliency and prevents alcohol and other drug use
Bobby Watts of the National Health Care for the Homeless Council and host Jeff Olivet examine the links between health and homelessness.
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Bobby Watts, CEO, National Health Care for the Homeless Council
National Health Care for the Homeless Council
Physical Quality of Life Index
Healthy People 2020
SPARC: Supporting Partnerships for Anti-Racist Communities
Regina Cannon and host Jeff Olivet discuss the need to embed racial equity throughout homeless services and programs so everyone has what they need to thrive.
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Regina Cannon, Chief Equity and Impact Officer, Center for Social Innovation
SPARC: Supporting Partnerships for Anti-Racist Communities
Larry Davidson of the Yale Program for Recovery and Community Health shares perspectives on the history and current state of the mental health recovery movement with host Jeff Olivet. They discuss strategies for creating empowering and healing services and systems as well as the importance of including people in recovery.
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Larry Davidson, Professor of Psychiatry and Director, Yale Program for Recovery and Community Health
Yale Program for Recovery and Community Health
Partnering for Recovery in Mental Health: A Practical Guide to Person-Centered Planning
Host Kristen Paquette and Lynda Gargan discuss the importance of tailored family supports and family peer support roles in promoting children's mental health.
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National Federation of Families for Children’s Mental Health
Lynda Gargan, Ph.D.
National Certification for Parent Family Peers
Local chapters and affiliates, National Federation of Families for Children’s Mental Health
Kristen Paquette and Vicki Steen discuss the opioid epidemic and overdose prevention strategies including harm reduction and medication assisted treatment.
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More Info
Praxis: Training for MA Addiction Professionals
Bureau of Substance Addiction Services, MA Department of Public Health
Medication Assisted Treatment, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Harm Reduction, Harm Reduction International
CDC joins Department of Public Health in investigating HIV cluster among people who inject drugs, Massachusetts Department of Public Health
Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), Centers for Disease Control
Syringe services programs, Centers for Disease Control
For more information on training in Massachusetts or in your state, email praxis@center4si.com.
Michael Marquesen of the LA Community Health Center shares tips for reaching and engaging people in health care services with host Kristen Paquette. They discuss ways to tailor services to keep participants connected.
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LA Community Health Project
“Health Care for People Who Use Drugs,” video series
Ricky Bluthenthal, Ph.D., University of Southern California
Richard Rothstein describes how—contrary to national myth—neighborhood segregation was created by government policies. He and host Jeff Olivet discuss how this has led to wealth, achievement, and health disparities experienced by African Americans.
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More Information:
Richard Rothstein, Distinguished Fellow, Economic Policy Institute
Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America
HOLC “redlining” maps: The persistent structure of segregation and economic equality, National Community Reinvestment Coalition
Housing Segregation in America: A History, Center for Social Innovation
SPARC (Supporting Partnerships for Anti-Racist Communities)
Amanda Andere, CEO of Funders Together to End Homelessness, joins host Jeff Olivet to discuss what is working and challenges ahead in our response to homelessness in the U.S. They share structural change strategies needed to fix systems and make homelessness rare, brief, and one time.
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Amanda Andere
Funders Together to End Homelessness
US veteran homelessness declines 5 percent (AP, 11/1/18)
Community Solutions
SPARC (Supporting Partnerships for Anti-Racist Communities)
Stephanie Wahab, Ali Hall, and host Jeff Olivet give tips for social workers and social work students on the practice of Motivational Interviewing (MI) and letting people take charge. This is the third in a series of episodes on MI.
If you have questions about MI or suggestions for topics to be addressed in future episodes, email us at info@thinkt3.com.
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More Information:
Motivational Interviewing: resources from the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT)
The Ruling Class and the Buffer Zone by Paul Kivel
Taking the Lower Place: Motivational Interviewing and Social Dominance by William R. Miller
Learning to Use the MITI (Version 4.2.1) for Coding and Coaching: a live, online course from t3 starting January 11
Stephanie Wahab: MINT profile, website, Portland State University School of Social Work profile
Ali Hall: MINT profile, website
Kristen Paquette talks with Jack Cameron, a mental health advocate calling in from Ohio, about improving outcomes for people with mental health challenges through increased health literacy, patient activation, and peer support.
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Peer Support Workers from SAMHSA
Patient Activation Measure from Insignia
Development and Testing of a Short Form of the Patient Activation Measure in Health Services Research
Federal Multi-Site Study Finds Consumer-Operated Service Programs Are Evidence-Based Programs by Jean Campbell, Ph.D.
Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP)
National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)
Susan Butterworth, Ali Hall, and host Jeff Olivet discuss how Motivational Interviewing (MI) helps providers and case managers focus on strengths to support behavior change. They share tips on staying true to the art and science of MI. This is the second in a series of episodes on MI.
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More on Motivational Interviewing
Motivational Interviewing: Helping People Change by William Miller and Stephen Rollnick
MICA: Motivational Interviewing Competency Assessment
Motivational Interviewing Competency Assessment (MICA): a live, online course from t3 starting November 9
Learning to Use the MITI (Version 4.2.1) for Coding and Coaching: a live, online course from t3 starting January 11
Motivational Interviewing: resources from the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT)
Susan Butterworth: MINT profile
Ali Hall: MINT profile, website
If you have questions about MI or suggestions for topics to be addressed in future episodes, email us at info@thinkt3.com.
How can you move beyond basic Motivational Interviewing (MI) competency to a more natural, effective conversation? In the first of a series on MI, Ali Hall, Ken Kraybill, and host Jeff Olivet discuss strategies for guiding and going alongside people on their journeys.
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More on Motivational Interviewing
Motivational Interviewing: resources from the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT)
Motivational Interviewing Competency Assessment: a live, online course from t3 starting November 9
Learning to Use the MITI (Version 4.2.1) for Coding and Coaching: a live, online course from t3 starting January 11
Ali Hall: MINT profile, website
Ken Kraybill: MINT profile
If you have questions about MI, email t3 at info@thinkt3.com.
Host Kristen Paquette talks with Cheryl Gagne and Steven Samra about what health means to people in recovery. They also share strategies for health care providers to use when supporting people in recovery.
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More Info: Bringing Recovery Supports to Scale Technical Assistance Center Strategy Los Angeles LGBT Center
Steven Spear talks with host Jeff Olivet about "starting at the end" to see current and ideal outcomes and find high leverage opportunities to make an impact on people and operations.
This episode is part 4 in a series recorded at the Built for Zero Conference and Learning Session. Built for Zero is a national movement of communities working toward ending chronic and veteran homelessness.
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Steven Spear, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The High Velocity Edge by Steven Spear
Community Solutions Built for Zero
Dr. Rana Awdish shares her experiences with healing from a critical illness and opioid use with host Jeff Olivet. They discuss how doctors and health care and human service workers can be present for people in hard times and support healing. Trigger Warning: miscarriage.
This episode is part 3 in a series recorded at the Built for Zero Conference and Learning Session. Built for Zero is a national movement of communities working toward ending chronic and veteran homelessness.
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Rana Awdish, MD
In Shock
“A View from the Edge: Creating a Culture of Caring” published in the New England Journal of Medicine
Community Solutions Built for Zero
Host Jeff Olivet talks with Patrisse Cullors of Black Lives Matter about grassroots organizing and challenging systems for change. This episode is part 2 in a series recorded at the Built for Zero Conference and Learning Session. Built for Zero is a national movement of communities working toward ending chronic and veteran homelessness.
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Patrisse Cullors
Black Lives Matter
Community Solutions
Built for Zero
When They Call You A Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir
Host Jeff Olivet speaks with Beth Sandor and Jake Maguire about counting down to zero and what it takes to end homelessness. This episode is part 1 in a series recorded at the Built for Zero Conference and Learning Session. Built for Zero is a national movement of communities working toward ending chronic and veteran homelessness.
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Community Solutions
Built for Zero
A Growing Drive to Get Homelessness to Zero in the New York Times (6/5/18)
Functional Zero for Homeless Veterans
“What Does it Mean to End (and Prove You’ve Ended) Veteran Homelessness?”